she returned to her pickup truck to find Broward County’s Deputy
Sheriff Dominic Raimondi and Florida Fish and Wildlife’s Lieutenant
David Bingham looking inside the cab. The two men asked what she was
doing and when she said she had been bird watching, Bingham asked
whether she had binoculars. As she opened her knapsack, Officer
Raimondi spotted her incense and asked if he could see it. He took the
bowl and incense, asking whether it was marijuana. “No,” she recalls
saying. “It’s my smudge, which is a blend of sage, sweet grass, and
lavender.” “Smells like marijuana to me,” said Raimondi, who admitted
he had never heard of a smudge stick.